Comb-honey-shipping case.



J. E. CRANE. 00MB HONEY SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.5, 1906.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

MANVVW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. CRANE, OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT.

COMB-HONEY-SHIPPING CASE.

' Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Feb- 18, 1913.

Application filed December 5, 1906. Serial No. 846,504.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs'E. CRANE, of Middlebury, in the county of Addison, and in the State of Vermont, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Comb-Honey-Shipping Cases, and, do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 is a top plan view, with the cover removed, of a comb honey shipping case embodying my invent-ion; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section; and, Fig. 3 a transverse section.

Shipping cases for comb honey, as constructed prior to my invention, have been seriously defective,in that their use results in considerable pecuniary loss by reason of the breakage of honey comb from the shocks and jars which are unavoidably incident to their more or less rough usage or handling during transportation.

invention to prowhile being inexpensive, will enable the transportation of the heavy, but fragile, comb honey, without serious loss, and to this end my invention consists in the comb honey shipping case constructed substantially as hereinafter specified and claimed.

' Because of its weight, and the very fragile nature of the comb, the shipment of comb honey, without serious loss, has been a problem of much difliculty of solution, but, after much experiment, I have devised a shipping case by which liability of breakage of the fragile comb, and consequent loss is reduced to a minimum. As is well known, the

, honey in the comb is contained in rectangularwooden sections or boxes, and, as I preferably construct 'my case', I make it of a size to contain twenty-four sections, arranged in six rows of four in a row, the case comprising a rectangular frame A and a top B and a bottom C, the top and bottom being alike, and each having a flange or rim overlapping the outer sides of the frame A. The space within the frame A is preferably sub-divided into chambers, each of a size to receive one section of honey, by means of longitudinally and transversely extending partitions D.

I make all the far described, 0 cellular or corrugated arts of the case, as thus an interposed crimped orcorrugated sheet,

because by my tests I have found this material to be the best suited for the purpose, since it possesses all the strength required (especially when the shipping 'case is constructed as I have described it), and yet it possesses such elasticity and flexibility that it perfectly cushions the fragile comb honey, so that it may stand the rough usage incidental to shipment, without breakage to a serious. degree. My case is also very light in weight and inexpensive. The frame A may be readily and inexpensively made of strips of the corrugated or cellular paper, the strips being readily folded to give therectangular form to the frame and the corners being united where necessary by gluing cloth-or paper to them.

The top and bottom may be made from rectangular sheets, notched or cut-away at the four corners to permit the folding or formation of the portions necessary to constitute the flange or rim, and the corners being joined by cloth glued thereto.

In the bottom I place a an or supplemental bottom E, formed of paper-impervious to honey, so that, should there be any dripping of the honey while in shi ment, it will be caught by this pan or supp emental bottom and kept from contact with the bottom C, which bythe soaking of the honey into it would be weakened; and to provide a yielding or cushioned support for the sections of honey, I also place in the bottom, and within the drip pan, a sheet F of corrugated paper, preferably employing paper which has but 'one plain or smooth sheet, and placing such sheet F with the corrugations uppermost, so that the sections of honey will rest on the corrugations. Any

honey passing from the sections will enter Y wish it to be understood that I do not restrict the scope of my invention to such construction, as'the same may vary without departure from the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is I 1. A comb honey shipping case formed substantially wholly of paper and comprising a plurality of honey section containing compartments formed of parallel straight side and end walls, a frame which surrounds said compartments on all four sides, and a top and a bottom which engage the edges of the compartment walls and have flangestthat overlap and substantially cover said frame on the outside, said flanges being separate from each other, and all of said parts being formed of sheets of cellular paper.

cellular paper, a corrugated sheet of paper onwhich the sections rest, the grooves of the corrugations forming. drains for honey, and a drip-receiving pan beneath said sheet.'

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES E. CRANE. Witnesses:

J. M. BURKE, LUCIA C. HINoKs. 

